Wembley - Saturday 21st April
Blackburn Rovers 3 Huddersfield Town 1
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Blackburn Rovers
(Roscamp 2, McLean) |
Crawford, Hutton, Jones, Healless,
Rankin, Campbell, Thornewell, Puddefoot, Roscamp, McLean, Rigby |
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Huddersfield Town
(Jackson)
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Mercer, Goodall, Barkas, Redfern, Wilson, Steele,
Jackson, Kelly, Brown, Stephenson, Smith
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Referee:
T.G. Bryan
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Attendance: 92,041 |
  
MATCH REPORT
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Blackburn were hardly expected to beat
Huddersfield, lying second in the League to Newcastle and demolishing
all opposition in the earlier ties with one six‑ and two four‑goal
victories. A side that eventually avoided relegation by only three
points could surely not stop Huddersfield's tremendous forward‑line of
five internationals.
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Roscamp scoring for
Blackburn Rovers with 60 seconds gone. |
But Blackburn, too, could boast their
internationals: the full‑back pair, Hutton and Jones; wing‑halves,
Healless and Campbell; Puddefoot and Rigby in attack. And they had
knocked out both Newcastle and Arsenal en route to the Final.
Huddersfield never recovered from
Roscamp's goal for Blackburn within the first thirty seconds ‑ the
fastest goal in a Wembley Final, and before half‑time McLean had sent a
skimming shot into the goal to add to Blackburn's lead. Blackburn's play
was showing a relentless determination that wore down Huddersfield's
famous forward‑line.
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Tommy McLean scores Blackburn's Second
Goal |
Alex Jackson, switched from the wing
into the centre after the interval, gave Huddersfield a fighting chance
by closing the gap with a fast shot that hit the underside of the bar on
its way into the net. The goal was also significant for another reason:
it was the first time both sides had scored in a Final since 1910.
Even Jackson, a player with a genius
for snatching goals from unexpected positions, failed to save the
Yorkshire side. Roscamp made matters safe with his second goal of the
game, and Rovers won the Cup for the sixth time. |
Round By Round
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Semi‑Final
BLACKBURN R v Arsenal 1 ‑0;
HUDDERSFIELD T v Sheff Utd 2‑2, 0‑0, 1 ‑0
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Sixth Round
BLACKBURN R v Man Utd 2‑0;
Arsenal v Stoke C 4‑1; HUDDERSFIELD T v Spurs 6‑1;
Sheff Utd v Nott'm Forest 3‑0
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Fifth Round
BLACKBURN R v Port Vale 2‑1; Man
Utd v Birmingham 1 ‑0; Arsenal v Aston Villa 4‑1; Man C v Stoke C 0‑1 ,
HUDDERSFIELD T v Middlesbro 4‑0; Leicester C v Spurs 0‑2; Sheff Wed v
Sheff Utd 1‑1, 1‑4; Nott'm Forest v Cardiff C 2‑1
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Fourth Round
Exeter C v BLACKBURN R 2‑2,1‑3;
Port Vale v New Brighton 3‑0, Bury v Man Utd 1 ‑1, 0‑1; Wrexham v
Birmingham 1‑3; Arsenal v Everton 4‑2; Aston Villa v Crewe Alex 3‑0;
Sunderland v Man C 1‑2; Stoke C v Bolton Wand 4‑2; HUDDERSFIELD T v
W. Ham 2‑1; Southport v Middlesbro 0‑3; Reading v Leicester C 0‑1; Spurs v
Oldham Ath 3‑0; Sheff Utd v Wolves 3‑1; Swindon T v Sheff Wed 1‑2; Nott'm
Forest v Derby Co 0‑0, 2‑0; Cardiff C v Liverpool 2‑1
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Third Round
BLACKBURN R v Newcastle Utd 4‑ 1;
Rotherharn Utd v Exeter C 3‑3, 1‑2; Port Vale v Barnsley 3‑0; New Brighton
v Corinthians 2‑1; Man Utd v Brentford 7‑1; Charlton Ath v Bury 1‑1, 3‑4;
Wrexharn v Swansea T 2‑11; Birmingham v Peterborough & Fletton Utd 4‑3;
Arsenal v WBA 2‑0; PNE v Everton 0‑2; Burnley v Aston Villa 0‑2; London
Caledonians v Crewe Alex 2‑3; Sunderland v Northampton T 3‑3,3‑0; Man C v
Leeds Utd 1‑0; Stoke C v Gillingham 6‑1; Bolton Wand v Luton T 2‑1;
HUDDERSFIELD T v Lincoln C 4‑2; Portsmouth v W. Ham 0‑2; Southport v
Fulharn 3‑0; Middlesbro v South Shields 3‑0; Reading v Grimsby T 4‑0; Hull
C v Leicester C 0‑1 Bristol C v Spurs 1‑2; Blackpool v Oldham Ath 1‑4;
Notts Co v Sheff Utd 2‑3 Wolves v Chelsea 2‑1; Swindon T v Clapton Orient
2‑1; Sheff Wed v Bournemouth & Bos Ath' 3‑0; Nott'm Forest v Tranmere R 1
‑0; Miliwall v Derby Co 1‑2; Cardiff C v Southampton 2‑1; Liverpool v
Darlington 1-0
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Second Round
Bournemouth & Bos Ath v Bristol R 6‑1 ‑
Charlton Ath v Kettering T 1‑1, 2‑ 1; Crewe Alex v Stockport Co 2‑0;
Darlington v Rochdale 2‑1; Exeter C v Ilford 5‑2; Gillingham v Southend
Utd 2‑0; Gainsboro Tr v Lincoln C 0‑2; London Caledonians v Bath C 1 ‑0;
Luton T v Norwich C 6‑0; New Brighton v Rhyl Ath 7‑2; Northampton T v
Brighton & H Alb 1 ‑0; Peterborough & Fletton Utd v Aldershot 2‑ 1;
Bradford C v Rotherham Utd 2‑3; Bradford PA v Southport 0‑2; Swindon T v
Crystal Palace 0‑0, 2‑1; Tranmere R v Halifax T 3‑ 1; Wrexharn v Carlisle
Utd 1 ‑0
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First Round
Aldershot v QPR 2‑1; Bath C v Southall
2‑0; Nelson v Bradford PA 0‑3; Bradford C v Workington 6‑0; Watford v
Brighton & H Alb 1‑2; Bristol R v Walsall 4‑2; Carlisle Utd v Doncaster R
2‑ 1; Coventry C v Bournemouth & Bos Ath 2‑2, 0‑2; Crewe Alex v Ashington
2‑2, 2‑0; Dartford v Crystal Palace 1‑3; Darlington v Chesterfield 4‑ 1;
Durham C v Wrexharn 1‑ 1, 0‑4; Exeter C v Aberdare 9‑ 1; Gainsboro Tr v
Stockton 6‑0; Gillingharn v Plymouth Arg 2‑ 1; Halifax T v Hartlepools Utd
3‑0; Ilford v Dulwich Hamlet 4‑0, Kettering T v Chatham 2‑0; Accrington S
v Lincoln C 2‑5; Northfleet Utd v London Caledonians 0‑ 1; Luton T v
Clapton Orient 9‑0; Merthyr T v Charlton Ath 0‑0, 0‑2; Shidon v New
Brighton 1‑3; Northampton T v Leyton 8‑0; Poole v Norwich C 1‑ 1, 0‑5;
Botwell Mission v Peterborough & Fletton Utd 3‑4; Rhyl Ath v Wigan Borough
4‑3; Rochdale v Crook T 8‑2; Southend Utd v Wellington T 1 ‑0; Denaby Utd
v Southport 2‑3; Spennymoor Utd v Rotherham Utd 1‑1, 2‑4; Stockport Co v
Oswestry T 5‑2; Newport Co v Swindon T
0‑ 1; Shirebrook v Tranmere R 1‑3 |
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FA Cup Winners |
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11 |
Manchester Utd |
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10 |
Arsenal |
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8 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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7 |
Aston
Villa |
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7 |
Liverpool |
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6 |
Blackburn Rovers |
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6 |
Newcastle United |
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5 |
Everton |
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5 |
The
Wanderers |
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5 |
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4 |
Bolton Wanderers |
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4 |
Manchester City |
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4 |
Sheffield United |
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4 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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4 |
Chelsea |
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3 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
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3 |
West
Ham United |
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2 |
Bury |
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2 |
Nottingham Forest |
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2 |
Old
Etonians |
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2 |
Preston North End |
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2 |
Sunderland |
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2 |
Portsmouth |
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1 |
Barnsley |
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1 |
Blackburn Olympic |
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1 |
Blackpool |
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1 |
Bradford City |
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1 |
Burnley |
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1 |
Cardiff City |
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1 |
Charlton Athletic |
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1 |
Clapham Rovers |
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1 |
Coventry City |
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1 |
Derby
County |
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1 |
Huddersfield Town |
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1 |
Ipswich Town |
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1 |
Leeds
United |
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1 |
Notts
County |
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1 |
Old
Carthusians |
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1 |
Oxford University |
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1 |
Royal
Engineers |
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1 |
Southampton |
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1 |
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